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    • India: A person who was born in India from 26 January 1950 until 1 July 1987 is a citizen by birth, regardless of the parents' nationality. It was restricted in 1987 to people with at least one parent who was a citizen. As of today, a person born in India is a citizen only if at least one parent is a citizen, and the other parent is a citizen or a legal migrant. These measures were … See more

    Overview

    Jus soli , meaning 'right of soil', is the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship. Also … See more

    National laws

    Lex soli is a law used in practice to regulate who can assert the right of jus soli and under what circumstances they can do so. Most states provide a specific lex soli — in application of the respective jus soli — and it is the mo… See more

    Unrestricted jus soli

    • Chad (the choice to take Chadian citizenship, or that of the parents is made at 18 years of age)
    • Lesotho
    • Antigua and Barbuda: Guaranteed by the Constitution. … See more

    Restricted jus soli

    There is a trend in some countries toward restricting jus soli by requiring that at least one of the child's parents be a citizen, national or legal permanent resident of the state in question at time of the child's birth. Modificatio… See more

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